his room, and he said i just asoon die now, but i have not done something. when lbj had a massive heart attack, he said to himself, what if i died now, what would i be remembered for? he went for a civil rights bill in the senate, the first civil rights bill since reconstruction. the interesting thing about teddy roosevelt, he said i don t want to know what people will think about me for 20 years, and the thing that is important is that people think i lived an honorable life and played decently, and that s what george h.w. bush s legacy came down to, 100 years from now we will evaluate his strengths.
brown, new senator, republican of massachusetts. he voted for it. he told me this past week he thinks it s working. yes, there are problems and it s costing more. he wouldn t change it. he think it s been good. 99% of the people of massachusetts now have health insurance. hold on for a moment. dana bash is up on the hill with a special guest. dana, a special guest who has a lot of history. reporter: a lot of history. they don t call him the dean of the house for nothing. we re talking about john dingell. he has something very special. mr. dingell, thank you for joining us here. tell us about this gavel. a lot of history here. the gavel was used when i was presided over the house when i passed medicare. it was used when i presided over the house when we passed the house version of the health care reform bill. it s going to be used when speaker pelosi gavels the bill into law tonight. this bill is a great piece of legislation. it ranks with medicare. it ranks with the first civil